Have you ever discovered a TV show that you really like

[Liberalynn]

that's been on for awhile but you just never got around to watching before? For me recently it is Chicago Fire. I've been holding little mini marathons through on demand. I actually think it just maybe my favorite show now.

I am almost done with season 2, and have plans to go back and watch season 1 soon.

[applegrove]

1. Community. I love its' gentle humour and growth of the characters.

[Liberalynn]

2. i have heard great things about that show.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. I didn't 'get' it until the Comedy Channel ran a marathon. The paintball arc hooked me.

[applegrove]

4. I loved the 1980s video game they were a part of.

[Liberalynn]

7. I think I did see one of those episodes that the guy that played Sawyer on Lost was in.

[applegrove]

20. Yes. And the show gets funnier as the

years go by.

[mackerel]

17. Me too! I heard it's not coming back?

[Boom Sound 416]

5. Lost

Started it fours or so later and did the mini-marathon thing

[Liberalynn]

8. I watched the first few seasons of Lost.

Then I had trouble keeping up with all the different mysteries and plot twists and gave up.

[Boom Sound 416]

12. I hear you.

That was season 2 for me. It got better season 3. I never actually finished it.

One day...

[RebelOne]

6. Yes, Chopped on Food Network. n/t

[Liberalynn]

9. I like that too.

I tend to watch HGTV, The Food Network, and the Science Channel more than Network TV.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

48. I'm also a fan of Chopped

And Cutthroat Kitchen can also be fun. I'd like to see the chefs have to cook something that requires skilled knife work, and give one of them the hatchet that's used on the logo.

[wyldwolf]

10. Weeds, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, Californication, Lost Girl, Secret Diary of a Call Girl

[Liberalynn]

28. Since I am a Julian McMahon

can I watched Nip Tuck on a regular basis. I also someday want to see the Californication that Rick Springfield guested on.

[wyldwolf]

39. the Rick Springfield season was awesome

He played a much more narcissistic version of himself.

[YankeyMCC]

11. Farscape, Community, Breaking Bad

[Liberalynn]

29. Have heard many good things about all those shows.

[Marie Marie]

13. House!

Never watched it as first run but spent hours and hours catching up with the reruns. All the while asking myself: How did I miss this show when it started? Love House the character and Hugh Laurie as the actor.

[mucifer]

14. "House" is fun. I watch it in reruns once in a while. I am watching it out of order whatever episode

happens to be on the tv rerun if I catch it. So it is confusing. But, I get the general gist of it. I don't have cable tv.

[Liberalynn]

30. The repeats are on Cloo sometimes and the promotional spots

they do for the show are hysterical sometimes.

[Brigid]

57. I can only take House in small doses.

I know a show is in trouble when I watch to see if he's finally going to get fired, which would have happened long since in real life.

[davidpdx]

15. Yes

I didn't watch the first three seasons of The Closer and was able to "find" it online. The seasons weren't that long, so I was able to catch up pretty quickly to the current season and then followed it through the end of the series.

[Liberalynn]

31. The Closer was a great show.

I also have stayed with Major Crimes mainly because of Flynn and Provenza. They are always good for a laugh.

[pokerfan]

16. Breaking Bad

had already been on for three seasons before I saw the first episode.

Big Bang Theory I never saw until it got into syndication a couple years ago.

[femmocrat]

32. Same here!

I tried watching it because so many DUers gave it great reviews, but never got "into" it. Last Christmas, they ran a marathon and I taped all the episodes so I could watch them in order. I am still making my way through them, but damn, this show is addictive!

There is going to be another marathon in August, btw.

[Liberalynn]

33. I have never watched Breaking Bad but I may have to check into it sometime. I have seen a few

episodes of the Big Bang Theory in reruns. They are funny.

[progressoid]

18. The IT Crowd, Peep Show, Mitchell and Webb.

I binge watched all of them.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

26. The IT Crowd is hilarious.

I saw some episodes on my parent's Netflix account when I was visiting them, and I was just in tears laughing at them. (The one where one of the guys goes to a German's guy's house for "cooking lessons" was particularly hilarious)

I'm actually thinking of getting Netflix just to watch the rest of them.

[Liberalynn]

34. I haven't heard of those.

[progressoid]

59. British shows.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

63. "IT Department. Have you tried turning your computer off and back on again?"

[progressoid]

64. It's so true too. My son-in-law says he uses that all the time.

Loved the rapport that Roy and Moss had. Actually all the characters were fun.

[mackerel]

74. I love that show!!!!!! Our IT guy says that all the time too!

[mackerel]

19. Corner Gas a comedy series out of Canada,

Hamish McBeth a comedy series of of Scotland and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries which is Australian.
(A friend sent me the books and then I discovered the series at Costco no less.)

[Liberalynn]

35. Those sound good.

I wish cable carried more imported channels like they do with BBC America.

[ok_cpu]

67. Please tell me someone is carrying "Corner Gas" now.

They used to show it on WGN but it's been a while and I can't find it anywhere. I'd love to watch it again.

[suninvited]

73. it isn't available in the US right now

but you can watch full episodes on youtube. Someone here in the lounge told me that recently and I caught a whole season I hadnt seen before.

[mackerel]

75. If you were a fan of the series and you want to help fund the movie while picking up some SWAG

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1776228079/corner-gas-the-movie

[suninvited]

85. A Corner Gas movie sounds fun

I wouldn't mind having an "I'm pumped" shirt. Thanks for the info.

[bluedigger]

21. Didn't start watching Seinfeld until season three or four.

Yada, Yada, Yada

[Tommy_Carcetti]

23. I think I started in Season Six.

Thankfully via syndication I quickly caught up on all episodes.

[Liberalynn]

36. I also started watching late after hearing the

catch phrase "no soup for you" from a whole bunch of people and was curious to find out what the check they were talking about.

[DrDan]

22. yep - Law and Order

had not watched it until this past holiday season. Have been hooked since watching all the reruns.

[Liberalynn]

38. I loved that show and still watch the repeats.

Jack McCoy is one of my favorite fictional heroes.

[DrDan]

46. I like the way they actually had multiple series - I like SVU best, but the others

are also extremely good

agree about Jack McCoy . . . . even Fred did a very credible job in his role

[Liberalynn]

50. My Mom loved Criminal Intent

She was diagnosed with leukemia and the start of Parkinson's disease. She would get tired very early in the evenings and go upstairs, get ready for bed, and then call down for me to come up and put a DVD of the "weird dude" on. For some reason that was her nickname for the character of "Goren" and she would fall asleep half way through the DVD.

[DrDan]

61. ah . . . Goren . . . he always had the insights . . . but a tad melodramatic

they sure did make great use of actors a bit past their prime . . . always fun to see them in their L&O roles

[Coventina]

24. For me that was Big Bang Theory

I started watching partway through season 4 and was immediately hooked.

I just love the show to pieces. I can't think of any episode I wouldn't watch again as a rerun.

Many people complain about the on-again-off-again Penny & Leonard dynamic, but the truth is, a lot of relationships go that way.

I guess my biggest criticism is actually the Sheldon/Amy ship. They do have their differences, but I really feel they are too similar and having both characters in the same show is a bit much. I have noticed more changes in Amy's character, which has made her a bit better.

If they ever add kids to the show, though, I'm out.

[Liberalynn]

40. I have caught a few episodes in reruns.

I have also seen the "kitty song" merchandise in a lot of catalogues.

[Coventina]

43. Hahaha! "Soft Kitty"

Soft kitty
warm kitty
little ball of fur
happy kitty
sleepy kitty
purr, purr, purr

It's the song Sheldon's mother used to sing to him when he was sick as a child.
Now, he demands it of whomever happens to be around when he's sick.
Or, he sings it to sick people he's taking care of.

It was a moment of high comedy when he sang it to Bob Newhart's character in the hospital.

[mainer]

87. Ditto -- I love that show.

I even watch the reruns again and again.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. The Big Bang Theory

I had pretty much given up on the traditional multicamera/laugh track/studio audience sitcoms by that time (the last one I enjoyed regularly was "King of Queens&quot , and given that none of Chuck Lorre's other offerings had made me laugh much, I pretty much ignored it for its first five or so seasons.

Somehow, last summer, I started watching reruns and I quickly became hooked. Now I'm a regular viewer, even of the TBS reruns. A very funny show. Having more or less moved on to "single camera" sitcoms sans studio audiences, I was not expecting to enjoy a traditional format sitcom as much.

[Liberalynn]

41. I can understand the reluctance

Good traditional sitcoms are few and far between.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

49. The thing about studio audience sitcoms:

They have to be good in spite of the studio audience laughter. The jokes have to be funny enough that you are able to forget about the canned laughter in the background. Otherwise, it just comes off as forced and pathetic, listening to people laugh at unfunny jokes. My wife watches that awful CBS sitcom "Two Broke Girls", and whenever I've seen it, I'm just amazed at how lame the jokes are compared to all the riproaring studio laughter.

The only three traditional sitcoms over the past 20-25 years I've truly enjoyed have been Seinfeld, King of Queens, and The Big Bang Theory. Everybody Loves Raymond is borderline.

[suninvited]

76. Those are my three favorite sitcoms, too

I never could get into Friends or Raymond. I find nothing funny at all about Two Broke Girls, but my daughter enjoys it.

Big Bang is the first Chuck Lorre production I have liked, I never could watch Three and Half Men.

I recently heard an interview with Jim Parsons in which he tells of his agent first calling him with the news of an audition for a Chuck Lorre show. Parsons said he had never heard of Lorre and misunderstood his agent to be saying a Chuck WOOLERY (the game show guy) production. Parsons thought, well, I didnt even know that Chuck Woolery DID sitcoms. He was at the audition and introduced to Chuck Lorre when he finally realized it wasnt Chuck Woolery at all.

I love Big Bang now, but never even saw an episode before six months ago. I caught up quickly, except for the current season, which isnt in reruns yet.

[Raine1967]

80. Me too!

I was reading this thread hoping someone would mention it (If not I was going to)

It's such a good show, it hits a good balance and the cast has great chemistry. I stumbled upon in TBS reruns and will always watch it when it is on. I'm not a person to sit down and watch primetime TV, so I appreciate the reruns.

It's a great concept, and it is nice to see they had/have and endgame. (unlike another Chuck Lorre show…. )

[pipi_k]

27. Don't know how or why

I missed it when it was originally on TV, but last summer I decided to watch "That 70's Show" on Netflix.

OMG!

The writing is awesome. Funny as hell. I could never guess which way the dialogue would go.

Of course, it might be funnier to someone who actually lived through the 70s than to a younger person, but who knows...

Anyway, my very favorite character on the show was "Leo", played by Tommy Chong. OK, anybody familiar with him (and Cheech Marin) now has an idea of who/what his character is...

[LynneSin]

42. The 70's Show was awesome in the beginning but...

somewhere around season 4-5 I started to grow old with the series and stopped watching.

[Liberalynn]

47. Loved the episode about the wedding dress fiasco.

Yes I know of Cheech and Chong. I am really dating myself but when I was in Catholic Grade School in the sixties and seventies they had a recording out called Sister Mary Elephant. We had a principle who was really mean and scary on the inside and the out named Sister Mary Alma. You can bet when she and the teachers were out of hearing distance we were reciting it.

[mackerel]

78. Class please shut up!

[LynneSin]

37. Mine would be 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

Never watched it when I had cable. Last year I thought I'd try an episode. It was like crack to me - I was hooked hard and fast. I watched all the seasons, I love the show and I can't believe this show is going strong after 10 seasons, there wasn't a single bad one whatsoever.

[Liberalynn]

51. That's on FX right?

[LynneSin]

55. On FXX now

but it's still running!

[mackerel]

77. Hooked hard and fast? Like the crack episode? LOL

[LynneSin]

84. I just rewatched that one last night

On paper that episode is beyond offensive yet still funny as hell!

[blue neen]

89. That show is a scream!

I'm still catching up on Netflix. My favorite episode so far is "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell". Mac and the wooden teeth--hilarious.

I also love the recurring characters like Rickety Cricket, The Waitress, and Artemis. Comic genius!

[Coventina]

44. How did I forget "Firefly"?

Didn't watch until years after it was canceled.

Man, I wish I could have supported it while it was alive.

I thought the movie was terrible.

It was much better as a TV show.

[Liberalynn]

52. That's the one with Nathan Fillion right?

I have been a fan of his since he started on One Life to Live. I have caught a few episodes of Firefly when they air it on the Science channel.

[Coventina]

56. Yes. Excellent show!

If you're a fan of NF, be sure to check out "Much Ado About Nothing".
He doesn't have a large part, but it is pivotal, and hilarious.
The movie is gold, start to finish.

Also, check out this YouTube video, also NF high comedy (you might be confused at first, but the payoff is HUGE!):

[woodsprite]

45. What's really a bummer is when you find an older one that you like

and then find out it was only on for 1 or 2 seasons -- like "Trauma". It probably didn't last because it was rather gory in a real-life sort of way, even moreso than the ER reality shows and Chicago Fire. I watch them on Hulu since I can't seem to control the remote for either TV in our house when both my son and husband are home.

I love Chicago Fire and have alternated that with Chicago PD. I've always loved shows about emergency personnel (my dad was a fireman and captain of the local ambulance crew when I was growing up). When I was a kid, "Emergency" was on, and I loved watching that.

I had no idea that the Captain (Eamonn Walker) and Casey (Jesse Spencer) were British and Australian. I was so surprised when I heard them speaking in an interview. Looks like they have a lot of fun and get along well. Also, if you like Taylor Kinney (Severide on CF) he was also on Trauma as a probie paramedic. Just Googled him to get the spelling of Severide, and had no idea he was dating Lady Gaga.

So much for my temporary diversion. Guess I gotta get back to real work

[Liberalynn]

53. I would have never guessed

about the actors playing the Captain and Casey being British and Australian. Thanks for the information on Taylor Kinney being in Trauma. I am going to have to see if Amazon Prime has it to download. That's cool about him dating Lady Gaga. I also found out he was in an episode of Castle's 4th season.

Those shows like Emergency were great. My Dad was a volunteer fireman so I watched them too. Did you catch the short lived "Saved" on TNT with Tom Everett Scott? Loved that show and was so mad they cancelled it after one season. It was about Paramedics too.

[woodsprite]

54. No, I'll have to look that one up! Thanks for the info!

[Callmecrazy]

65. Jesse Spencer was on House for 7 years...

He spoke with his natural accent on that show.

[mackerel]

79. Yeah Bakersfield PD was like that...so funny! Only made it one season.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

58. No one has mentioned the Muppet Show?

Always my favorite. I also like Farscape, Babylon 5 and Firefly.

[Raine1967]

81. Is the Muppet show on Netflix?

I would love love :love: to watch those reruns.

[CBGLuthier]

60. Fringe. Watched the entire series after it had gone off the air.

Never saw an episode when it was on the air although it did make some entertainment news so I was aware of it.

[From The Ashes]

62. The West Wing.

I never watched it during its original run, it would have been too depressing...

[Sherman A1]

83. Try Borgen

you can find it on Dvd. It's the best thing I have seen since the West Wing.

[Mz Pip]

66. Justified, Sopranos

Dexter, True Blood, Six Feet Under. I could go on and on. I'm always late to the party.

Just started watching season 1 of The Americans and The Good Wife. Like them both a lot.

[HeiressofBickworth]

68. Took me a long time to get around to watching

True Detective -- and then I paced myself and watched 2 episodes a day to the end.

I also finally got caught up in all the seasons of The Borgias and Reign. Now looking forward to the next season of each.

[Initech]

69. Archer

Didn't catch it until after the fourth season had already aired but I think it's easily one of the funniest shows on TV. It's just as good as the Simpsons was in its' prime.

[fizzgig]

70. battlestar galactica

probably the best thing i've ever watched.

[Generic Brad]

71. "Friday Night Lights" was unexpectedly satisfying

I am not into teen shows, but this one grabbed me. The dynamics of the parents struggling with their teenage children and the travails of school teachers caught my interest by surprise. Plus, the series has a definitive ending that ties up almost all the outstanding story lines. Great writing. Organic acting. Three thumbs up.

[winter is coming]

72. For me, it was "My Name is Earl". n/t

[Sedona]

82. The Bridge

Binge watching now....


Set on the border between El Paso and Juarez, The Bridge centers on two detectives, one from the United States and one from Mexico, who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.

[narnian60]

86. RuPaul's Drag Race

A year ago my daughter told me that I should be watching it. I thought it would be just too weird for me. Was I ever wrong. Caught the last half of the last season and loved it, and now I am catching up on all the past seasons. Hilarious and heart-warming.

[shenmue]

90. :)

That show is funny.

[yellowdogintexas]

88. I have totally lost count of the series I have discovered after they were old

I worked at home for 2 years and had my laptop w/ Netflix next to my workstation, some TV show or another running in the background

Plowed through SO many of these most weeks I worked 50 or 60 hours, that is a lot of background TV time.

Eureka, Continuum (sp) Safe Haven, Call the Midwife , Burn Notice, The Glades, Longmire, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Scandal, Drop Dead Diva, Alphas, The Finder, Psych, Gray's Anatomy, Fringe, Cashmere Mafia, The Killing, Hart of Dixie
Once Upon A Time...there are others I just can't remember them all.

[hamsterjill]

91. Highlander: The Series

I discovered it way after it was off the air. I'd never watched it because I expected that it would be like the movies; however, the series was much more thought provoking.

[clarice]

92. Homeland. nt

[bigwillq]

93. Not really

I don't watch a lot of shows.

[geardaddy]

94. Yes, for me it was

Arrested Development. Never saw it in broadcast, but watched all the season on Netflix.

More recently it was Trailer Park Boys. Not sure it was ever available on US broadcast TV, but I'm a die-hard fan now.